Team USA takes Rio Olympics medal race with ease

The stated goal was to grab at least 10 golds and finish among the top 10 in the medal race.

Usain Bolt finished off his triple-triple – three Olympics, three sprint golds in each – for Jamaica, in what he said was his last games.

“We are in a hard moment as a country right now, we can’t hide that, but the Games were scheduled and I’m glad we could enjoy them”, said Alessandro Freitas, also from Rio.

She said: “For the past fortnight, the people of the United Kingdom have been filled with pride as we’ve watched our Olympians take victory in so many sports with power, grace and control”.

The previous record for USA medals at a fully attended Olympics was 110, set at Beijing eight years ago. Gold, silver, bronze. The atmosphere has been brilliant.

“That island has given me so much”, Puig said.

Download the Team USA app today for breaking news, 2016 U.S. Olympic Team bios, videos and more. After London 2012, funding was slashed for sports which didn’t reach their medal targets, and increased for those who succeeded. But in Rio, the invincible table tennis team trended on social media not by sweeping all four golds available, but with jokes about the players’ nicknames, given by Japanese television shows, and the fashion sense of the women’s team in its reflective pink one-piece jersey.

What’s more they’ve come from a diverse range of sports, from boxing to badminton. “These performances will inspire future Olympians, and I am just so humbled and honored to be a part of these wonderful women”.

For all the troubles before and during the Games, Rio will surely be remembered for great sporting moments. The United States women’s 4×400 meter relay team members, Courtney Okolo, Natasha Hastings, Phyllis Francis and Allyson Felix celebrate their gold medals on the podium during athletics competitions at the Summer Olympics inside. The milestone highlighted Team USA’s sustained competitive excellence, dating back to the first modern Olympic Games in 1896.

At the iconic Maracana Stadium, the Olympic Flame was extinguished and Rio de Janeiro handed over the Olympic Flag to Tokyo, host of the next Summer Games in 2020, as the Brazilian city wrapped up the first Olympics in South America. Also proving mettle without a color, American 5,000-meter runner Abbey D’Agostino received the Rio 2016 Fair Play Award, along with fellow runner Nikki Hamblin (New Zealand) and the Norwegian men’s handball team. Overall, the USA collected 28 medals in team events, including three golds (basketball and water polo) and two bronzes (indoor volleyball) in traditional team sports.

US women left Rio with 27 golds – by far the most among any team of female Olympians at these games – and 61 medals total. A day later, the USA women’s basketball team extended its Olympic women’s record to six straight Olympics titles and eight overall.

Completing a third consecutive unbeaten run to Olympic gold, the United States captured a sixth Games title in seven tries with National Basketball Association talent by routing Serbia 96-66 in Sunday’s final.

Shooter Ginny Thrasher helped the U.S.to a strong start on day one, setting an Olympic record to claim the first gold medal awarded in Rio.